Essays about: "Gustaf Salomonsson"

Found 2 essays containing the words Gustaf Salomonsson.

1. 1. Does It Matter Whom You Trade With? The Case of African Institutions and Chinese Trade

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Gustaf Salomonsson; [2011]
   Keywords : Institutions; Institutional Change; Trade; China; Africa; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The debate on Chinese activities in Africa has so far been polemic and inconclusive. In parallel, the literature on how trade affects institutions has evolved while failing to draw any definite conclusions. By joining the two areas of research, this study seeks to make contributions to two ongoing debates. READ MORE

3. 2. Assessing and Remedying the Natural Resource Curse in Equatorial Guinea

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Oscar Sandberg; Gustaf Salomonsson; [2010]
   Keywords : natural resource curse; Equatorial Guinea; Dutch Disease; price volatility; institutions; oil shock; real effective exchange rate; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis identifies and studies the effects of the natural resource curse on Equatorial Guinea by applying three typical theoretical phenomena to the Equatoguinean context: Dutch Disease, volatility of prices and institutional effects. The results show that Equatorial Guinea has very weak institutions and suffers from symptoms of Dutch Disease, but that the country so far has managed to avoid the debt burden related to the volatility of oil prices. READ MORE